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Padres announce agreement to transfer ownership to Jones-Feliciano group
The San Diego Padres announced on Saturday an agreement to transfer control of the franchise to a new ownership group led by investors Kwanza Jones and Jose E. Feliciano, who reportedly had bid a record $3.9 billion.,The framework for the deal had been agreed to in April, according to multiple repor...
Sean Burke stifles Padres, lifts White Sox to fifth straight win
Sean Burke tossed six scoreless innings Saturday night and the visiting Chicago White Sox stretched their winning streak to five with a 4-0 blanking of the San Diego Padres.,Burke (2-2) allowed only four hits and a walk while fanning eight, including Xander Bogaerts three times. Three relievers fini...
Marta Kostyuk bests Mirra Andreeva in Madrid for back-to-back titles
Marta Kostyuk won her second consecutive clay court tournament and her first WTA 1000 event with a 6-3, 7-5 upset over ninth-seeded Mirra Andreeva at the Madrid Open on Saturday afternoon.,No. 26 Kostyuk, who hails from Ukraine, won the Rouen Open in France on April 19 and will rise to a career-high...
White Sox pursue another memorable performance vs. Padres
Will Venable made it back to where it all began on Friday night: San Diego.,His MLB career started with the Padres in 2008, and he spent 7 1/2 seasons there, then went to the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers before retirement. While he made plenty of memories playing in San Diego, Venable, 43, ...
Munetaka Murakami homers again, White Sox pound Padres
Munetaka Murakami blasted his league-leading 13th homer Friday night and rookie starter Noah Schultz allowed just two hits in six shutout innings as the visiting Chicago White Sox routed the San Diego Padres 8-2.,Murakami capped a six-run second inning outburst against German Marquez, ripping a hang...
Padres reinstate RHP Jeremiah Estrada from 15-day IL
The San Diego Padres reinstated right-hander Jeremiah Estrada from the 15-day injured list on Friday.,The 27-year-old reliever has been sidelined for the past three weeks with right elbow tendinitis.,Estrada is 1-1 with a 5.14 ERA in seven games this season with eight strikeouts and five walks in se...
Mirra Andreeva, Marta Kostyuk to square off in Madrid Open final
Mirra Andreeva of Russia will meet Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine in the Madrid Open final after they pulled out semifinal victories Thursday.,Andreeva, the ninth seed, fought past No. 30 seed Hailey Baptiste 6-4, 7-6 (8). No. 26 seed Kostyuk needed three sets to vanquish Austria's Anastasia Potapova 6-2,...
Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr seeks first homer, wins in series vs. White Sox
It's safe to say that no one had San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. getting to May 1 without a homer on his stat sheet.,But that's the case as Tatis and San Diego gear up for the first game on Friday of a three-game weekend series against the visiting Chicago White Sox.,It would be ironic if T...
Pete Crow-Armstrong's big day boosts Cubs over Padres
Pete Crow-Armstrong homered and drove in three runs for the second time in as many games, fueling the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday.,Matt Shaw belted a solo homer among his three hits for the Cubs, who won the final two contests of the three-game serie...
Andrea Pavan 'optimistic' of tour return after elevator fall
Italian golfer Andrea Pavan is hopeful he can return to the DP World Tour after finishing recovery from his three-story fall down an elevator shaft in late February.,Pavan, 37, sustained severe shoulder and multiple vertebrae fractures in the incident, which occurred at his private accommodation in ...
Pelicans C DeAndre Jordan named NBA's Teammate of Year
New Orleans Pelicans center DeAndre Jordan was named this year's winner of the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year award on Wednesday.,Presented annually since 2012-13, the award recognizes the player deemed the league's best teammate, based on selfless play, leadership on and off the court as a ment...
Vezina finalists: Andrei Vasilevskiy, Ilya Sorokin, Jeremy Swayman
Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy was named as a finalist for the Vezina Trophy on Wednesday.,New York Islanders netminder Ilya Sorokin and Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman also were named as finalists for the award, which is presented annually to the league's top goaltender durin...
With manager gone for a game, Padres pursue victory over Cubs
Bench coach Randy Knorr will be at the helm of the San Diego Padres when they host the Chicago Cubs in the finale of the teams' three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.,Knorr will fill in for manager Craig Stammen, who will be attending an out-of-town funeral. Stammen departed before the start of t...
Cubs break game open late to get by wild Padres
Nico Hoerner's two-run double snapped a sixth-inning tie and Pete Crow-Armstrong broke open the game with a three-run homer Tuesday night as the visiting Chicago Cubs stopped the San Diego Padres 8-3.,The game was tied 2-2 when Hoerner lined his two-bagger into right-center field, scoring Nicky Lope...
Brewers' Jackson Chourio, Andrew Vaughn on track to return next week
Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio and first baseman Andrew Vaughn are both set to begin rehab assignments with Triple-A Nashville on Wednesday ahead of projected May 4 returns to the major league level, the team announced Tuesday.,Both Chourio and Vaughn have been sidelined since at least Opening...
Caitlin Clark releasing children's book based on life story
Caitlin Clark is releasing a children's book based on her life story titled "EXTRAordinary! A Little EXTRA to Reach BIG Dreams!",Clark's chosen title is a nod to the phrase decorating a wall in her childhood bedroom that read: "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is the little EXTRA.",...
With Manny Machado in question, Padres take aim at Cubs
Manny Machado might not be available for the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night when they vie for a series win against the visiting Chicago Cubs.,The All-Star third baseman left San Diego's 9-7 victory on Monday with a left calf injury. Machado, who was 3-for-4 with two doubles and three runs, was se...
Padres' Manny Machado 'fine' after leaving game with leg ailment
Padres third baseman Manny Machado left San Diego's Monday game against the visiting Chicago Cubs after the sixth inning in a precautionary move due to a left leg injury.,Machado grounded out to third to end the bottom of the sixth and didn't return on defense for the seventh. He ended the night wit...
Ty France drives in 4 runs as Padres push past Cubs
Ty France knocked in four runs Monday night and Manny Machado doubled twice and singled before leaving the game as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 9-7 win over the visiting Chicago Cubs.,In winning its ninth straight home game, San Diego reached four Chicago pitchers for 14 hits. Machado scored t...
Padres' Manny Machado leaves game; reason unclear
Padres third baseman Manny Machado left San Diego's Monday game against the visiting Chicago Cubs after the sixth inning. The cause wasn't immediately known.,Machado grounded out to third to end the bottom of the sixth and didn't return on defense for the seventh. He left the game with three hits, i...